"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Careful of ( যত্নবান ) He is careful of his money.

Idioms:

  • Heart and soul ( সর্বান্তঃকরণে ) Try heard and soul and you will succeed.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )